In the nine weeks since the Federal Communications Commission said it would try, for a third time, to write new rules to secure an open Internet, at least 69 companies, interest groups and trade associations — more than one a day — have met with or otherwise lobbied commission officials on what the rules should specify, Edward Wyatt reports.

That effort does not count the more than 10,000 comments that individuals have submitted to the F.C.C.

Now, the flood of lobbying efforts is likely to increase after the disclosure on Wednesday evening that the F.C.C. would soon release preliminary rules allowing for the creation of special, faster lanes for online content to flow to consumers — for content providers willing to pay for it.

The F.C.C. had previously warned against those types of deals, saying they could unfairly discriminate against companies that could not or were not willing to pay. But after a federal appeals court struck down, for a second time, the commission’s earlier regulations, the F.C.C. is trying again. Read more »